umbrella duel
by m lewis redford
umbrella duel
but why do we do this
the Batman thinks to himself
but no – too late – he has
forgotten the parry
his cape crumpled
across his shoulders
like a fallen orchid
does not flow and express
fine truths anymore
the Penguin however
has held his cigar poised
between two gloved fingers ready
for its proper time and
jabbed without thought or dress
as fine as the carnation
he insisted on wearing
in his lapel this morning
part of >>> Batman
black bat wormhole: the Penguin’s trap
reading this I imagine the older batman tv show rather than the films
oh, for sure, in fact a lot of these images come from the Topps Batman trading cards that came out on the wave of the tv programme in 1966/1967 – these started me on my journey of aesthetically growing up